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Veronica vernicosa
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Synonyms
- Hebe vernicosa (Hook.f.) Cockayne & Allan
- Hebe greyi (J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne
- Veronica greyi J.B.Armstr.
- Veronica vernicosa var. gracilis Cheeseman
Other taxa in genus
- Veronica albicans
- Veronica albicans
- Veronica amplexicaulis
- Veronica armstrongii
- Veronica barkeri
- Veronica baylyi
- Veronica × bidwillii
- Veronica brachysiphon
- Veronica buchananii
- Veronica canterburiensis
- Veronica catarractae
- Veronica chathamica
- Veronica colensoi
- Veronica corriganii
- Veronica cupressoides
- Veronica decora
- Veronica decumbens
- Veronica dieffenbachii
- Veronica diosmifolia
- Veronica × divergens
- Veronica elliptica
- Veronica epacridea
- Veronica × fairfieldii
- Veronica × franciscana
- Veronica Garden Hybrids
- Veronica gibbsii
- Veronica glaucophylla
- Veronica haastii
- Veronica hectorii
- Veronica hulkeana
- Veronica × kirkii
- Veronica lavaudiana
- Veronica leiophylla
- Veronica × lewisii
- Veronica ligustrifolia
- Veronica linifolia
- Veronica × loganioides
- Veronica lyallii
- Veronica lycopodioides
- Veronica maccaskillii
- Veronica macrantha
- Veronica macrocarpa
- Veronica matthewsii
- Veronica obtusata
- Veronica ochracea
- Veronica odora
- Veronica parviflora
- Veronica pauciramosa
- Veronica pentasepala
- Veronica pimeleoides
- Veronica pinguifolia
- Veronica propinqua
- Veronica rakaiensis
- Veronica raoulii
- Veronica rigidula
- Veronica salicifolia
- Veronica salicornioides
- Veronica stenophylla
- Veronica stricta
- Veronica subalpina
- Veronica tetrasticha
- Veronica topiaria
- Veronica traversii
- Veronica venustula
Distribution New Zealand South Island
This species, a native of the South Island of New Zealand, is allied to V. canterburiensis and has the same ‘varnished’ foliage. It differs in its longer racemes (up to 2 in. long) with more numerous, smaller flowers; corolla-tubes shorter than the calyx; seed-vessels pale brown, about three times as long as the calyx.